‘A miserable thing to be a woman’

Mary Anne Tyrrell (1821–94) and her landed estate

Lesley Whiteside

“This book represents an amount of deep research into a little studied area - that of the small landlords and their role in national and local affairs. Its additional element of a young widow coping with the wrenching changes of the time in agriculture and politics makes it a compulsive and fascinating read.” Matt Dempsey, The Irish Catholic, 24 September 2026.